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Improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene services: highlights and progress in the pan-European region
6 November 2025

Improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene services: highlights and progress in...

Health-care facilities require adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), waste management and environmental cleaning services to deliver high-quality,...

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Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region: Budapest, Hungary, 2–4 July 2025
31 October 2025

Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region:...

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, including waste management and environmental cleaning, are fundamental to quality care, infection prevention...

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Two decades of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Union: progress, challenges and the road ahead
31 October 2025

Two decades of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European...

This report marks twenty years since the European Union (EU) signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and reflects on the EU’s...

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Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region
31 October 2025

Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region

Legionella infections represent a significant health burden in the pan-European region; in many countries it is considered among the most important waterborne...

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Rethinking policy priorities in the light of pandemics: a call to action

28 February 2021
 | Meeting report
Rethinking policy priorities in the light of pandemics: a call to action
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Five months since it was first convened, the Commission has delivered this call to action – the first outcome of its work – to feed into broader national and supranational discussions taking place on how to tackle the deep-rooted conditions that allowed the COVID-19 pandemic to inflict unprecedented damage on lives and economies. It provides guidance on how we should prioritize health and sustainable development now to set our systems and societies on the right track for generations to come.

​Drawing light from the pandemic: A new strategy for health and sustainable development

Drawing light from the pandemic: a new strategy for health and sustainable development - A review of the evidence

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Policy & Governance f. Health through the Life Course (PGH), Regional Governance and Languages (RGL)
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe